TBD

[atomicfront]

Do you believe that government employees shouldn't take breaks?

and just about everyone in the region gets their money from tax dollars. Let's face it if the federal government up and moved to Iowa this area would pretty much an economic wasteland.

[i am gay and i like cats]

i enjoy the federal government.  they do things.

[killsaly]

Can I take over administration on this site?  Implement some new features?  Like ignore? 

[azaghal1981]

Which one of you wrote this? http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/going-beyond-mainstream-schlock/2012/11/22/bc5f0054-329c-11e2-92f0-496af208bf23_story.html?wprss=rss_localopinions

[atomicfront]

Which one of you wrote this? http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/going-beyond-mainstream-schlock/2012/11/22/bc5f0054-329c-11e2-92f0-496af208bf23_story.html?wprss=rss_localopinions

sounds like it came from the owner of the birchmere.  I have never been there or have heard of any the act the guy mentions.

on a different subject: how about those wizards?

[James Ford]

Of course you haven't.

 The idea that Delbert McClinton, Junior Brown, Dave Alvin, and Sonny Landreth represent some kind of "wide variety" is pretty laughable though.

Which one of you wrote this? http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/going-beyond-mainstream-schlock/2012/11/22/bc5f0054-329c-11e2-92f0-496af208bf23_story.html?wprss=rss_localopinions

sounds like it came from the owner of the birchmere.  I have never been there or have heard of any the act the guy mentions.

on a different subject: how about those wizards?

[atomicfront]

Of course you haven't.

 The idea that Delbert McClinton, Junior Brown, Dave Alvin, and Sonny Landreth represent some kind of "wide variety" is pretty laughable though.

Which one of you wrote this? http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/going-beyond-mainstream-schlock/2012/11/22/bc5f0054-329c-11e2-92f0-496af208bf23_story.html?wprss=rss_localopinions

sounds like it came from the owner of the birchmere.  I have never been there or have heard of any the act the guy mentions.

on a different subject: how about those wizards?

I looked at their upcoming schedule and I have seen 3 of the bands/acts before.  2 of them in one night in january 1985 marshall crenshaw and 10000 maniacs.   But of course this isn't the real 10000 maniacs or they wouldn't be playing the birchmere.  And I saw Ricky Scaggs at the Grand Ole Opery.  Who played with his wife as well in the Whites. 

Most of the acts on the schedule look like they are meant to appeal to baby boomers.  I wouldn't mind seeing Arlo Guthrie if he was doing his own songs but it sounds like he is doing his fathers. 

[StoneTheCrow]

I find myself going to more and more shows just to see the opening acts.  Not good.

[atomicfront]

I find myself going to more and more shows just to see the opening acts.  Not good.

why? are the headliners fans annoying?

[atomicfront]

I am going to go out on a limb and predict a Wizards victory tonight.  Portland has been on a long road trip.  Nene will be back.  All the signs point to a big win. 

[chaz]

I am going to go out on a limb and predict a Wizards victory tonight.  Portland has been on a long road trip.  Nene will be back.  All the signs point to a big win. 

I'm hoping for the record.  0-19.  If you're gonna lose, lose big.

[Relaxer]

I find myself going to more and more shows just to see the opening acts.  Not good.

I always try and catch the openers, you see some great bands that way that you'll probably never see or hear about again. You see some crap for sure, but then you just forget about it. Meanwhile, I'll always remember loving, to name one recently discussed example, the Apes, which I never would've heard otherwise.

Plus, the following were bottom-of-the-bill bands that I've seen in clubs: The Strokes, the Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jay Reatard, Andrew WK, At the Drive In

[azaghal1981]

Why is there no 33 1/3 Trapped in the Closet book yet? There is enough to write a whole encyclopedia on that work of genius.

[Justin Tonation]

Why is there no 33 1/3 Trapped in the Closet book yet? There is enough to write a whole encyclopedia on that work of genius.

Call for Proposals for the 33 1/3 Series

I think I posted that here, or somewhere. Maybe someone proposed it and got a commission. We'll see.

[Justin Tonation]

Here's the list of titles accepted:

Andrew WK: I Get Wet, by Phillip Crandall
Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works Vol II, by Marc Weidenbaum
Beach Boys: Smile, by Luis Sanchez
Bjork: Biophilia, by Nicola Dibben
Bobbie Gentry: Ode to Billie Joe, by Tara Murtha
Danger Mouse: The Grey Album, by Charles Fairchild
Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, by Mike Foley
Devo: Freedom of Choice, by Evie Nagy
Gang of Four: Entertainment! by Kevin Dettmar
Hole: Live Through This, by Anwyn Crawford
J Dilla: Donuts, by Jordan Ferguson
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, by Kirk Walker Graves
Michael Jackson: Dangerous, by Susan Fast
Oasis: Definitely Maybe, by Alex Niven
Richard Hell and the Voidoids: Blank Generation, by Pete Astor
Serge Gainsbourg: Histoire de Melody Nelson, by Darran Anderson
Sigur Ros: ( ), by Ethan Hayden
They Might Be Giants: Flood, by Alex Reed and Philip Sandifer